Identity
Person No.
5804
Service No.
47248
Last Name
First Name
John William
Initials
J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot down, in Fairey Battle Mk I #926. Managed to bale out. He was taken prisoner and an Italian officer ordered a native NCO to escort him to headquarters. On the way Dixon apparently boasted of having taking part in recent raids on Mogadishu, where a lot of locals had been killed. His guard of locally recruited colonial troops at once sentenced him to death and shot him
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "11 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
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